Two years have passed now since Charlottesville’s Development Code went into effect, beginning a new era of land use rules intended to reduce barriers for developers. City Council adopted a first set of changes on February 17 that are made up of clarifications, grammatical corrections, and other small changes.
“Staff has prepared the material to actually go into effect at the end of March,” said Matt Alfele, the city’s development planning manager. “That allows time for other active actions that are going on related to the anticipated code amendments that are connected to development review.”
In addition to the Development Code itself, staff in the Department of Neighborhood Development Services also consult a 35-page development manual which contains additional details that can be modified without approval by Council. Alfele said this document will be updated again to reflect recent changes. (view the manual)…